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When using Windows 10's Backup function, how do I determine the state/progress of a given backup? Every time I try opening the More Options menu within Backup, it opens for a moment and then immediately closes. My external drive where I told it to backup is clicking along so I know it's writing stuff, but I have no apparent way of viewing how much progress it's making.
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Dumb question, but what's the proper way to do a backup of my computer in Windows 10? I have an external hard drive for saving old files and the like, on my old Windows 7 machine I could just connect my external drive when I felt like doing a backup and run Backup & Restore in the Setting menu. Now in Windows 10 it wants to just automate the process, but I don't usually have my backup drive plugged in which throws the whole thing off. There is a button in one of the Backup options menus to run a backup whenever, but half the time it doesn't recognize my drive and only runs for a few moments. Eventually I will disconnect and reconnect the drive (both physically and in the OS) that Backup Now will work, but in the future what should I be doing when I want to back up my computer such that it works the first time?
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Nov 5, 2017 23:45
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The hard drive in my wife's desktop is about to crap out, but the rest of her desktop still works fine so I'm thinking of just buying her an SSD and doing a fresh install of Windows. Only problem is that I've never done a fresh install of Windows onto anything before. Two questions to start off: 1. The Windows webstore has options to either download a product code or buy a USB to install Windows from. If I download a product code, how am I going to get it onto the new hard drive to download Windows without the drive/computer being connected to the internet? 2. Which version(s) of Windows come with Office pre-installed?
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Oct 9, 2018 03:03
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Last Chance posted:Has this ever been a thing? honestly curious not trying to be snarky I'm honestly not sure, I've never had to purchase it. Last time I had to instal it was from a free product code I got from my university. E: Klyith posted:You can re-use the key for Windows 7 or 8 that came with the computer, and thus don't have to buy anything. Would this product key be the 25-character code (five sets of five characters separated by dashes) on this sticker on the back of her old machine? ALso, I want the Installation Media download, right? C-Euro fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Oct 9, 2018 |
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Oct 9, 2018 03:22
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Klyith posted:Yes and yes, "Create installation media for another PC" And I don't need a purchase a Windows 10 product code right? I thought free upgrades of Windows 7 & 8 to 10 had been discontinued. What's the best way to tell if her machine is 32- or 64-bit? I'm not sure how to tell without Windows running and her old HDD is for sure dead at this point.
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Oct 9, 2018 04:15
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Klyith posted:MS has often claimed that they're done with free updates, but they haven't turned it off. You get a 100% real license and activation. It's an AIO manufactured in 2011, Lenovo Ideacentre B520. I bought it for her and I feel like I would have gotten her a 64-bit system but it was so long ago I don't know for certain.
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Oct 9, 2018 04:38
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Shout-out to everyone who pointed out that I could re-use the Win7 key from my wife's desktop to re-install it on her new SSD and get a free upgrade to 10  If the Office 2013 key that I used on my laptop can be re-used on her desktop then I'll be golden (sorry if it's :files: to suggest that)
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Oct 16, 2018 02:27
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dont be mean to me posted:Office 2013/16/19/365 keys are active keys for the most part. You could end up taking the license away from her computer. You want to roll the dice, that's up to you. On the other hand, I know I still have an institution-account Office 365 5-seat license from my community college from yonks ago going strong. Nah the Windows 7 key that I first installed on the new SSD was from her old now-dead HDD, so I don't feel bad about re-using it.
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Oct 16, 2018 04:12
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if you're reusing a license key on multiple systems but the BSA/Marshals/Mounties/etc probably don't care unless you're doing business stuff with it.)